2025 California Code
Evidence Code - EVID
DIVISION 11 - WRITINGS
CHAPTER 2 - Secondary Evidence of Writings
ARTICLE 3 - Photographic Copies and Printed Representations of Writings
Section 1550.
1550. (a) If made and preserved as a part of the records of a business, as defined in Section 1270, in the regular course of that business, the following types of evidence of a writing are as admissible as the writing itself:
(1) A nonerasable optical image reproduction or any other reproduction of a public record by a trusted system, as defined in Section 12168.7 of the Government Code, if additions, deletions, or changes to the original document are not permitted by the technology.
(2) A photostatic copy or reproduction.
(3) A microfilm, microcard, or miniature photographic copy, reprint, or enlargement.
(4) Any other photographic copy or reproduction, or an enlargement thereof.
(b) The introduction of evidence of a writing pursuant to subdivision (a) does not preclude admission of the original writing if it is still in existence. A court may require the introduction of a hard copy printout of the document.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003. Became operative on July 9, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2002, Ch. 124, Sec. 2.)
